Thursday, June 15, 2006

Apple and innovation, take 2

Now I contend that Apple is over-rated on innovation. There's little in an i-Pod that wasn't already around, but that the fusion between i-Pod and online music distribution is a worthy innovation. And so on. Now here's another view of Apple and innovation - from Tom Yager (always a good read on geeky, tech-driven matters and often ahead of the game):
"Before consummate wealth and success, Steve Jobs was the poster boy for that misunderstood fraction-of-a-fraction to which my erstwhile handlers referred. Jobs was odd man out for being inventive, curious, tenacious, fearless, opinionated, and insatiable. These ingredients make an innovator. Jobs built a company, then a culture, and then a product line...". The full Infoworld article is here.

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